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SRB offers support to Baton Rouge after police shooting

The mayor of Baltimore offered help Wednesday to the mayor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where a police officer fatally shot a man. Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake faced protests and unrest a year ago in the wake of the police in-custody death of Freddie Gray. Rawlings-Blake knows the challenge of dealing with the backlash of a controversial death at the hands of police.

The mayor of Baltimore offered help Wednesday to the mayor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where a police officer fatally shot a man. Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake faced protests and unrest a year ago in the wake of the police in-custody death of Freddie Gray. Rawlings-Blake knows the challenge of dealing with the backlash of a controversial death at the hands of police.

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Updated: 6:26 PM EDT Jul 6, 2016

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WEBVTT JAYNE MILLER IS LIVE IN THE STUDIO WITH THAT PART OF THE STORY. >> STEPHANIE RAWLINGS-BLAKE IS NO STRANGER TO THE FALLOUT OF A CONTROVERSIAL DEATH INVOLVING POLICE. SHE HAD TO DEAL WITH LARGE DEMONSTRATIONS AND PROTESTS LAST YEAR AFTER THE DEATH OF FREDDIE GRAY IN POLICE CUSTODY. ALL MADE IT A TARGET OF CRITICISM AND LIKELY COST HER POLITICAL CAREER. SHE CALLED THE MAIL OF BATON ROUGE -- MAYOR OF BATON ROUGE AND HE SPOKE OF IT DURING A NEWS CONFERENCE. >> ONE CALL THAT CAME IN TODAY WAS ONE OF A MIRROR. -- MAYOR . OUT OF BALTIMORE. THAT COMMENT A LOT FROM THE STANDPOINT THAT BALTIMORE HAS BEEN THROUGH THE SAME THING THAT WE ARE WITNESSING HERE IN BATON ROUGE. AND IF SHE SAID THAT WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE ARE WILLING TO REACH OUT TO YOUR CITY ANYWAY POSSIBLE. >> LIKE BOTH MORE, BATON ROUGE IS A MAJORITY BLACK CITY. ABOUT THE THIRD OF THE BALL -- TO MORE SIZE -- -- BALTIMORE SIZE. THE DOJ IS INVESTIGATING THE DEATH. THE DOJ IN BALTIMORE IS DOING A CIVIL RIGHTS INVESTIGATION INTO

SRB offers support to Baton Rouge after police shooting

The mayor of Baltimore offered help Wednesday to the mayor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where a police officer fatally shot a man. Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake faced protests and unrest a year ago in the wake of the police in-custody death of Freddie Gray. Rawlings-Blake knows the challenge of dealing with the backlash of a controversial death at the hands of police.